Oleksandr Borodai
Oleksandr Ivanovych Borodai (1844–1919) was a Ukrainian-American engineer, bandurist, and political and cultural activist. Borodai was born Oleksandr Ivanovych Borodayevski in the Poltava region of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine). After studying in the Cadet Corps he became an officer.
Also recorded as Oleksandr Ivanovich Borodayevski · Oleksandr Ivanovich Borodai · Oleksandr Ivanovych Borodai
Oleksandr Borodai
- Name
- Oleksandr Borodai
- Born
- 1844
- Birthplace
- Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
- Died
- 1919
- Occupation
- Engineer, Bandurist, Political and cultural activist
- Full name
- Олександр Іванович Бородаєвський.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- Ukrainian
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Later he graduated from a polytechnical institute and became a military engineer electrician. In the 1870s, he emigrated to the United States and changed his last name to Borodai. In the 1890s, he returned to Ukraine and took part in political and cultural activities. He took interest in Ukrainian folk music and became a teacher of kobza music in Lysenko Music and Drama School in Kiev. In 1902 and 1903, he was at the forefront of the preservation of kobzar music by means of sound recording, using the recently invented phonograph. In 1919, he was shot by the Bolsheviks.
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• Name — Oleksandr Borodai • Born — 1844 • Birthplace — Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) • Died — 1919 • Occupation — Engineer, Bandurist, Political and cultural activist
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